pestle
noun
1 pestle
Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores.
synonym: stamp.
Dutch: stempel
Polish: stempel
2 pestle
A heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone.
Dutch: stamper
3 pestle
A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar.
Dutch: stamper
verb
1 pestle
Grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar.
Moby thesaurus: abrade, atomize, beat, bray, brecciate, cheese grater, comminute, comminutor, contriturate, crumb, crumble, crush, crusher, disintegrate, flour, fragment, grain, granulate, granulator, granulize ... show more.
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